PT-2014-3123 · Wikimedia+1 · Mediawiki+1

Published 2014-02-07 · Updated 2014-05-13 · CVE-2013-6453

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.19.10 MediaWiki versions 1.20.x through 1.21.3 MediaWiki versions 1.22.x prior to 1.22.1

Description The issue is related to the improper sanitization of SVG files, which can be exploited by remote attackers via invalid XML, potentially leading to unspecified impact.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.19.10, update to version 1.19.10 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.20.x through 1.21.3, update to version 1.21.4 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.22.x prior to 1.22.1, update to version 1.22.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1172

CVE-2013-6453

DSA-2891-1

MGASA-2014-0113

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

References · 39

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/mediawiki_thumb.rb · Exploit
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-January/000138.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3454 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1172 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1610 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5394 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6453 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6453 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4570 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4572 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4569 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4567 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/127027.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0113.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6453 · Vendor Advisory